Neck and neck

I just had to share this with you....this morning I had a few extra minutes to eat my cereal and watch the news a little bit before heading off to work. I was flipping thru the channels and saw a channel called Dubai Racing. I thought, great, maybe they will have some car racing that I can catch up on......no, it was camel racing.

They have an oval track and about 30 camels lined up behind a screen. They have robot jockeys sitting on the back section of the camel. The owner of the camel is sitting in his Mercedes four wheel drive waiting for the start of the race. As soon as the camels take off the owners drive their cars around the track on the outside of the camel track. It is a dirt track. The cars are equipped with radio controlled devices to tell the jockey when to strike the hind quarter of the camel. These camels are flying down the track the owners are swerving their cars around on the other track and the little robot is flipping a little whip up and down on the camel.

It was quite the sight. When a camel wins in a neck and neck race it has a whole new meaning.